Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874
see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
Subdivision Bilateralia
Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds
see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893
see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
Order Falconiformes Sharpe, 1874
Family Falconidae Vigors, 1824 - falcons, caracaras
Subfamily Falconinae Vigors, 1824 - falcons
Genus Nesierax Oberholser, 1899
see Genus Falco Linnaeus, 1758
Nesierax novaeseelandiae (J.F. Gmelin, 1788)
see Falco novaeseelandiae J.F. Gmelin, 1788